a special edition of "360" live from boston on the anniversary of the boston bombings. thanks very much for watching the irs scandal now a criminal investigation, and the president promising punishment for anyone at the agency who targeted conservatives. newly releaed tonight, 911 calls in the murder of laila fowler, and her stepmother doesn't even mention the little girl was hurt in that call. pandering, sexual conduct, assault -- can sshocking allega rattling the army's ft. hood. >> good morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman.

an army sergeant assigned to a sexual assault prevention program at ft. hood, texas, accused of sexual assault himself. this latest scandal apparently involves prostitution. the unknown soldier is under investigation for pandering, abusive contact, assault, and maltreatment of subordinates. officials told barbara starr the official faces serious consequences. >> reporter: the cid now investigating the allegations against him. so this suggests very strongly a potential criminal case. >> the unnamed sergeant first class remains suspended from all duties this morning. now we're going to move to a startling statement. there is a criminal investigation into the irs. yes, the organization that collects our money and holds us accountable is itself now facing serious, scathing questions about possible overreach and political targeting. president obama blasting the agency for singling out

conservative groups, and he says it's intolerable and inexcusable. he promises to hold those responsible accountable for their actions. today the attorney general will get grilled about these claims. let's get the latest from cnn's brianna keilar. >> reporter: the internal revenue service is facing a criminal investigation after a watchdog report found the agency targeted conservative groups starting in 2010. the agency's inspector general found the irs used inappropriate criteria that identified for review tea party and other organizations applying for tax exempt status, based upon their names or policy positions, instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention. after reading the report tuesday night, president obama called the plan intolerable and inexcusable after promising action monday. >> people have to be held accountable, and it's got to be fixed.

>> reporter: irs investigators said they acted on their own without help from outside groups. managers were inefficient at overseeing lower level employees at following the rules governing tax-exempt organizations. it's not the only controversy the obama administration is facing. expect fireworks when the republican led house judiciary committee grills attorney general eric holder over the justice department's subpoenaed phone records of reporters at the associated press. >> we've put a value on the rule of law and our values as americans. i think the actions we've taken are consistent with both. >> reporter: tuesday they questioned him in a fraud event and questioned jay carney at a white house briefing. >> the president is a strong believer in the first amendment and a strong belief for the press to be unfettered. >> reporter: republicans are seizing on these new

controversies. >> we do know this. we can't count on the administration to be forthcoming about the details of this scandal because so far they've been anything but. >> it lies at the president's feet. these are things going on in his administration targeting opponents. >> i've never seen anything like this, except in the past during the nixon years. >> i can tell you that people who make those kinds of comparisons need to check their history. >> our thanks to brianna for that report. on the irs scandal, the house will hold its first hearing on this subject on friday. that promises to be a doozy. attorneys for cleveland kid napping suspect say he is not the monster everyone claims he is, and they plan to plead not guilty if a grand jury indicts him. castro's lawyers tell affiliate wkyc, that their client has not admitted anything to them, that they may seek a change of venue,

and that he is committed to the daughter he fathered with amanda berry, insisting he loves her dearly. pamela brown is tracking all the latest developments live this morning. what about all the reports that he confessed? >> reporter: that's right, zoraida. what we're hearing from his attorneys contradicts not only what we're hearing from very reliable sources who have firsthand knowledge of the investigation, but also our affiliate sources as well. as we've been reporting, zoraida, we've been saying that castro has confessed to at least some of his actions over the past decade inside the house here behind me in cleveland. we haven't been specific, but we do know from, again, high ranking law enforcement officers with firsthand knowledge of the investigation, that he has admitted to at least some of his actions. now we're hearing from his attorney, speaking to one of our affiliates, saying that he hasn't admitted any wrongdoing, including the kidnappings.

as you said, his attorneys are saying that he's going to plead not guilty. his attorneys saying that they are going to mount the best defense possible in this case and that they want to potentially move the trial out of cuyahoga county for a couple of different reasons. one, they think that will give him a fair trial. they believe, obviously, this case has been given so much media attention, that it will help to move it elsewhere. and it's also on the heels of another high profile case in cleveland where a man was convicted of murdering 11 women. they're concerned it would hurt the integrity of the trial if it does happen here in cuyahoga county. zoraida? >> i've got to tell you, there are probably not many people who have not followed this story very closely across the country. pamela brown live in cleveland. thank you. laila fowler's 12-year-old brother will be in court today for the stabbing death of his sister. the 8-year-old girl was found dead in her california home last

month. police now just releasing the 911 call that summoned officers to the scene. the children's stepmother crystal walters made the call. she never mentioned leila had been attacked. >> my children are at home alone, and a man just ran out of the house. my older son was in the bathroom, and my daughter started screaming. he came out, and there was a man inside my house. >> the man is gone, though? >> they say he ran out. >> how old are your kids? >> 12 and 9. >> the fowler family has hired a defense team to represent their son. they visiteded the boy tuesday at a juvenile detention center. >> he's actually doing really well right now, as well as can be expected. these are really difficult times. >> leila fowler's brother will be tried as a juvenile on second degree murder charges. it's a big day in court for o.j. simpson. he'll testify today in an attempt to get out of prison. the disgraced football star is trying to get his robbery,

assault, and kidnapping convictions thrown out. simpson did not testify during his 1995 trial or the 2008 case that landed him in prison. his attorneys tell us what we can expect. >> we're just telling him to take the stand and tell the truth. we'll walk him through each of the claims, and then he'll take on cross, and i'm sure he'll do fine. >> it's big. he's going to have to go through -- miss palm will go through every single issue with him on the stand. he'll be up there all day, i'm sure. >> simpson claims his old lawyer was ineffective and said he was within his rights to take back property he believed was stolen for him, as long as it was done without trespass or physical force. jodi arias will be in court today for the sentencing phase of her trial. before jurors can impose the death penalty, they must answer a key question. was arias cruel when she murdered travis hafner?

is jodi arias is now tweeting. she has warned, "any donations to my family or me are made only at jodiariasisinnocent.com. any other source asking for donations is fraudulent. thank you." boston fire chief steve abraira is under fire for his handling of the boston bombings. 13 of 14 fire chiefs have signed a letter of no confidence. they claim he was more of a spectator than a commander at the height of the terror attack. the embattled chief told "the boston globe," he felt the situation was under control, and he felt there was no need to add another layer of management to an already complicated scene. the woman who survived 13 days buried under rubble in the bangladesh building collapse is speaking. she is now in a military

hospital and describes what it was like when she was finally rescued. >> translator: suddenly i heard the call of prayer, then i heard sounds. i heard the sounds of voices. then i wondered, where is the sound coming from? where is the sound coming from? i was really, really happy. i said, god, save me, god. >> reshma suffered no broken bones or injuries. nothing short of a miracle. >> so nice to see her talking. unbelievable. ten minutes past the hour. next, an outpouring of support for angelina jolie, and this morning husband brad pitt speaking out about her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy. with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care, for you or your family. since i've been using crest pro-health, i've noticed a huge improvement. [ male announcer ] go pro for a clean that's up to four times better,

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is inspiring so many others to discuss their health and their fears, demistifying what happens when a woman decides to go through this surgery. for us here, it's something that hits very close to home. angelina jolie is receiving a lot of praise, a the lot of support, following her revelation about having a preventative double mastectomy. her partner of eight years brad pitt is among the stars commending jolie for going public with her difficult choice. "she could have stayed absolutely private about it and i don't think anyone would have been none the wiser with such good results. but it was really important to her to share her story and let others understand it doesn't have to be a scary thing. in fact, it can be an empowering thing and something that makes you stronger and us stronger." breast cancer survivor and singer, sheryl crowe, tweeted her support. "i commend angelina jolie for her courage and thoughtfulness in sharing the story today regarding her mastectomy. so brave."

angelina's admission in an op-ed dominated talk shows, prompting barbara walters to make her own news on the view. >> my sister passed away from ovarian cancer, and i had my ovaries removed. it's a decision you have to make. it's preventative. >> on "the talk," sharon osborne, who underwent a double mastectomy last year, offered these words. >> she's so brave, and she's going to help so many women. i think it makes her sexier than ever. >> jolie is also receiving words of encouragement from tv host and reality star giuliana rancic, who's been incredibly public with her own battle with breast cancer and her decision to have her breasts removed. >> i didn't want to be looking over my shoulder the rest of my life. i knew i wanted a child. and really what it came down to was just wanting to live, wanting to enjoy this incredible life and this incredible world. i just didn't want to leave. i didn't want to go anywhere. i wanted to be healthy and do whatever it took to get me

healthy. really what this is all about, this angelina news or my news, what it's all about is getting women to just start the dialogue with their doctor. >> for us, the most personal reaction to jolie's piece came from our own zoraida sambolin, who simply said, "angelina empowered me to share my story." on tuesday, zoraida shared that on april 9th she was diagnosed with breast cancer and would be undergoing a double mastectomy herself, the same course of treatment that rancic had in 2011. >> i know right now life is so crazy and her head is spinning and things are so tough, but i promise you, you will get back to normal, and you will come out of this better than before. i promise you. >> that was very sweet. thank you. i didn't know you did that. >> no, look, i think you've inspired a lot of people over the last day. i know the last day has been crazy for you, maybe not the last day you anticipated talking to people about it, but it's

been an inspiration to a lot of people. >> i'm really grateful, actually, because i think it's already made me stronger. yesterday -- and we're going to share this in a little bit -- i got to sit down with four women who have all had mastectomies, and one of the things that's really challenging is to think what it's going to look like afterwards. you see a lot of pictures from the doctors. but these four women, can we do a show and tell and a little feel? and they allowed me to do that yesterday. it was unbelievable. for me, it was healing. and i am so grateful to them. so you're going to meet them a little bit later. it's incredible. thank you for that, john. it is 17 minutes past the hour. new developments this morning in a cold case involving a missing cruise ship passenger from connecticut. george smith of greenwich was on his honeymoon back in 2005 when he disappeared from a royal caribbean ship somewhere between greece and turkey. his body has never been found, and no one has been charged in his death. no official word why the fbi in

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walmart isn't signing. neither is the gap. this is the global safety pact i told you about yesterday. retailers that sign are legally bound to have independent safety inspections of factories in bangladesh and make the findings public. they al i should say that big retailerses should have already done this, but i digress. benetton, marks and spencer signed on. walmart says it's going to do its own thing. it has 279 factories in bangladesh that work for it. it will make the results public by june 1st. if a factory working for walmart fails, walmart will make that public. they say it meets or exceeds the european plan and will get the results more quickly. walmart is already doing inspections. the european pact gives 45 days for critics to be able to do so.

critics say there's one area where walmart falls short. it's hiring its own inspectors. gap isn't signing this pact. it says it's ready do but it wants to make changes. gap doesn't want the pact to be legally binding. republican george miller has been very outspoken about this. >> these companies resisting, gap and others, do they want to have blood on their label? should the low price of their goods be subsidized by the blood of these poor workers in bangladesh and around the world? >> the eu commission has called this modern slavery, and for companies to be talking about just now how they're going to get results for these factory workers, it's a little rich considering the money they've squeezed out of the country. the deadline is today. zoraida, you're saying, wait a

minute. what is going on? it seems so simple. there is division among major retailers about exactly how to effort change in bangladesh. >> sign on and make additional changes to it. that seems the easy decision here or the right. maybe not the easy, but the right. >> unless you're signing on to something that's really not going to make a difference in the first place. >> who knows? >> they've been there so long making so much money, what really frustrates a person like congressman george miller, these are very powerful brands. this conversation should not be happening. you shouldn't make things for american consumers places where women die making them. >> too late for over 1,100 people. coming up, the murder of a model goes to trial today. the woman accused of killing juliana redding in court in just hours. >> #%tia[

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no confidence. the chief of boston's fire department under fire for how he handled the marathon bombings. five years. that's how long murdered model juliana redding's family has waited for justice. today her alleged murder for hire trial begins. and decked out in tuxes and gowns, 20 kids heading for prom have a date with destiny, jumping from a limo and rescuing seven people from an overturned van. they have a great story to tell. >> welcome back to "early start," everyone, i'm john berman. new this morning, boston's

fire chief steven abraira is firing back at underlings who are questioning his leadership during the boston marathon many bombing. 13 of 14 deputy fire chiefs signed a letter of no confidence, claiming the chief was more a spectator than a commander during the height of the terror attack. but the chief tells "the boston globe" he felt the situation was already under control and no need to add another layer of management to what was already a complicated scene. today marks 30 days since the boston marathon bombings. today the trial begins as to who killed actress and model juliana redding back in 2008. prosecutors say her death was a hit carried out by a, quote, female james bond. stephanie elam with more on the alleged murder for hire case. >> reporter: more than five years after actress and model juliana redding was found strangled and beaten to death in her santa monica apartment, her accused killer will finally stand before a jury.

>> this is the first case i've ever heard of where a woman is accused of essentially being a hired goon to go beat someone up. >> reporter: redding was just 21 years old when she left tucson, arizona, to pursue dreams of stardom. she had some success, appearing in an independent film, a music video, and a photo spread in maxim magazine. her dreams were cut short by this woman, 47-year-old kelly sue park. they say park was hired by this man after her father pulled out a deal five days before redding was killed. the doctor made payments to park totaling more than $250,000 just weeks before redding was killed. however, the doctor, who left the country shortly after park's arrest, has never been charged in this case. park remains free on a $3.5 million bond. her lawyers say she's innocent and that the prosecution should be looking at john gilmore, a former boyfriend of redding's.

but prosecutors believe they have a strong case against park, especially since her dna was found not only in the victim's apartment but also on her body. >> if the jury believes the ex-boyfriend was responsible for this killing, there still remains a question, how do we explain ms. park's dna being at the crime scene? >> reporter: the trial is expected to last about three months. unlike other murder cases we've seen recently, like jodi arias or casey anthony, only portions of this trial will be televiset. stephanie elam, los angeles. leila fowler's 12-year-old brother will be in court today for the stabbing death of his sister. the 8-year-old girl was found dead in their california home late last month. releasing the 911 recording from the scene. when the stepmother made the call, she never mentioned leila had been attacked. >> my children are home alone, and a man just ran out of my

house. my daughter was in the bathroom, and my son started screaming. >> the man was gone though? is >> i just got here right now. >> how old are your kids? >> 12 and 9. >> the fowler family has hired a defense team to represent their son. he will be tried as a juvenile on second degree murder charges. russia is calling the arrest of a u.s. diplomat in moscow a cold war provocation. the russian security agency fsb says u.s. embassy employee ryan christopher fogel tried to recruit a russian intelligence officer. he was caught red handed with a wig, recording devices, and what appeared to be a stack of euros. so far no comment from the u.s. embassy. the state department will only say an officer at the u.s. embassy in moscow was briefly detained and then released. i revealed a very personal struggle yesterday in part because of angelina jolie's courageous actions. i disclosed yesterday that i have breast cancer.

it's been five weeks since i was diagnosed, and i've decided to have a double mastectomy. jolie's candor has inspired me and other women to start a dialogue, talk to your doctor, talk to each other. it could save a life. so we brought together four women who became empowered patients, and we're hoping they'll now be a source of inspiration for you, for all of those who may be struggling with a cancer diagnosis as well. all right. so angelina jolie comes out with this amazing op-ed piece that she has had a preventative double mastectomy. i want you all to chime in on how you took that news when you found out. >> well, i found out pretty early as i was getting the kids ready for school, and i kind of heard it on the tv, and i said, well, we don't share the gene for legs. we don't share the genes for getting skinny right after you have many pregnancies, but we do share one gene, and it's this one.

>> making a decision to have the double mastectomy, it was a no brainer. it was the easiest decision. for me, what type of reconstruction i was going to have was a much harder decision. >> i feel shallow because it was a hard decision for me. >> i think you were at a different time a little bit, you know. >> a little bit. i was 27, and the word mastectomy wasn't in the culture. >> by nature, as journalists, we tend to be control freaks. we like to control everything, know when it's going to happen, how it's going to happen, plan it and all that. that's been a big struggle for me, losing control. the only thing i can control is i decided to have a double mastectomy, and that to me was complicated. how did you all feel about that, about that lack of control? >> well, i felt that i did have control, and like angelina jolie, i could take care of this now instead of sitting around waiting for cancer, which is how i felt. i felt like a ticking time bomb. i didn't want to sit round

waiting for cancer. now i'm a previvor. i don't have to sit around waiting for cancer. >> my mother didn't have that choice. it was such a crazy cancer, and it was going to kill her. we never knew she was going to die. she was so strong, she never got sick in front of us. when she did pass away, we were like what? my kids are never going to have to deal with that. >> this test is really expensive. it's $3,000. >> is it was even more when we took it. our insurance covered it. >> why? because you had a history, a strong history of it. >> right. we were in a special surveillance program at sloan kettering. >> i found out through 23 and me, which is an at home genetic test, and i wasn't testing for the braca gene. even though my sister had breast cancer, she was negative. by the time the results came

back, i had already forgotten about it. i was shocked that my sister had breast cancer, but i had the gene. >> to me the decision was not simple. it was in the sense that my first -- when i got diagnosed by my first team of doctors, they were talking mastectomy. i walked out of there like cut them out. can we do it tomorrow? is then i got my second opinion, and i started thinking a little bit differently. i thought about my kids, and i thought about the fear of not being there in the future. that's powerful. >> that touched me with angelina jolie. she has kids. >> from that standpoint, it's a no brainer. >> that's what makes me so sad. women have to think we're vain? i feel so vain. i lost my hair. i'm like you're not vain. that is a horrible thing to lose your hair. >> i was embarrassed by how difficult that decision was. >> don't be. it's a terrible decision to have to make. >> it makes you start thinking about your sexuality, which i've thought more about than i ever

have in my life, and how this will affect that. >> you'll get through all of the dreams and all of the yuckiness and the surgery, and that will be part of your past. and you won't think about that again. i've moved on, and you don't look back. >> but you're different now? >> with clothes on, with a bathing suit on, nobody knows. >> what helped me is i still buy really pretty bras. i could buy bras i couldn't buy before. >> victoria's secret. >> i go to victoria's secret and buy the prettiest bras, and i feel more feminine in them. >> i think femininity comes from within. >> i think a lot of it's up here. it is normal to be overwhelmed by the mortality of it, and what you did makes me think that you know how to take care of yourself. you've already probably saved a life as a result of your experience. >> can i tell you that i got a lot of work to do up here. i felt yesterday, when i talked to them, that they empowered me. they gave me a lot of hope, a lot of courage.

their stories were unbelievable, and they shared far more than i ever thought anybody should have to share, but i was so grateful for it. yesterday i wrote a piece for cnn.com, and i vowed whatever i learn, i am going to share because that journey is so important. and to have that kind of access to people is just amazing. so that's part of this sharing. i wish everybody could have those women. >> obviously, having those women talk to you has been so helpful, and i think having you talk about this so openly will be so helpful hopefully to a lot of people. >> i hope so. again, a lot of e-mails. quickly, i want to say thank you for all of the e-mails and all of the support that has poured in, and all of stories. i'm trying my best to answer every single one of them because there are some women who are walking through my exact same journey. i don't want to diminish that. i want to reach out. it's just going to take me a minute to go through the volume of it. so i appreciate it. i really do. >> turns out we all like you after all. 40 minutes after the hour. coming up next on "early

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but this was one of them. it was an upbeat atmosphere with a serious message. new jersey governor chris christie introducing harry to first responders, who coped heroically during and after hurricane sandy. >> it puts smiles on people's faces knowing they're going to get to meet the prince. so it was really cool that he came and helped like support what happened in hurricane sandy. >> it's an amazing experience, everyone getting together and making things right. it's fantastic, really good. >> reporter: then a quick drop-in on his prime minister who was at an event to promote british industry. then on to a baseball field in harlem. his pitcher was no less than mark teixeira of the new york yankees. >> he turned out to be quite a nifty player in the epd. he is a bit of a cricket player, so it was that. this is really about promoting

the cause. it's about getting young kids from deprived areas into sports and to get them all the confidence that comes with that. harry's causes also need money. so he closed out tuesday with a fund-raiser with specially invited manhattan donors. >> he's a party guy. he's a technology guy. he comes from royalty. but he's a real person. the similarities between iron man and prince harry are similar. >> reporter: and today another fund-raiser, this time in the form of a polo match in greenwich, connecticut. it is the final event in what's being dubbed harry's rehab tour. max foster, cnn, new york. >> so prince harry's getting around in a good way. >> yes. we'll just leave it at that. 46 minutes past the hour. coming up, it's a moment they will never forget. how 20 high school seniors bound for their prom managed to rescue 7 people trapped inside a flipped over van. their incredible story is coming up. >> and they looked great.

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welcome back, everyone. some florida high schools are being praised for their heroic efforts on prom night. >> they didn't think twice about helping the victims of a nasty auto accidents. christine romans has the story. >> all dressed up in tuxes and gowns. they saw a van flipped over, saw people trapped inside. that's when the kids took action. >> where's the baby? where's the baby? >> reporter: a date with disaster, 20 high school students on their way to prom find themselves caught in the middle of a horrific accident. >> that's the baby? >> she's okay. >> reporter: when their limousine came to a screeching halt, narrowly missing this flipped van with groceries strewn across the interstate with five adults and two

children trapped inside. >> we're in the limo, and we're all dancing, having a good time. excited to go to prom. and all of a sudden, the bus slams on its brakes. i was the first person to think call 911. i stepped to the side and called 911. i was calm. >> reporter: undaunted, decked out in tuxes and gowns, the teens jumped into action. high school senior peter kim was one of the first on the scene. >> i opened up the trunk, and then the first person i saw was the -- like the 12-year-old or 11-year-old boy. i grabbed him, and then i gave him -- i set him down and told him to sit down, that he was going to be all right. >> reporter: peter seen here, carrying the youngest child, who he pulled out of the vehicle. >> she was laying there, and like it got to me a little bit because she wasn't moving at all. i saw her baby girl just laying there, and i went to go reach her, and that's when she turned around and wads like take my baby, take my baby. like take her, save her.

>> reporter: the limo driver along with his young brave passengers are credited with saving lives. >> we pushed the van and pulled the baby out. then we started pulling the mother out from the back of the truck. >> reporter: all of the injured taken to area hospital and expected to make a full recovery. as for the teen heroes, they went on to their prom, a bit disheveled but still with high hopes. >> once we knew they were okay, we were happy to know they were all alive, and we enjoyed our night. >> reporter: a night to be sure they'll never forget. >> and the image that gets me from that is peter kim, all dressed up to go to prom, taking the baby over, presumably to the baby's mother, here she is. she's okay. and these kids just partying in the limo, so quick thinking, these kids on the ground. >> good for them. >> big heroes. >> nice story. congratulations to all of them. >> prom kings and queens to be sure, of the first order. still ahead, so he's got hand, not the george costanza

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fingers. it's a state of the art prosthetic called i-touch digits. when he moves the muscles in his arm, the fingers move. with a slight flick of the wrist, the fingers open and close. the new bionic digits come in really handy for a good old fashioned high five. >> what were the sound effects about? >> the six million dollar man steve majors? >> i do remember that, just not the sound effects. >> that's very important to me. >> check out the other top cnn trends, head to cnn.com/trends. >> "early start" without no confidence. the chief of boston's fire departmented upered fire this morning for how he handled the boston marathon bombing. the irs scandal now a criminal investigation, and the president promising punishment for anyone at the agency who

targeted conservatives. and sexual contact assault. shocking new allegations rocking the army's ft. hood. and calling in the murder's 8-year-old leila fowler. her stepmother doesn't mention the girl was hurt in this call. and glad you're with us. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. it is wednesday, may 15th. 6:00 a.m. in the east. brand new developments in the boston marathon bombing. the mayor under criticism how he handled the crisis. signed a letter of no confidence claiming the chief was more of a spectator than a commander at the head of the attack. the chief tells the "boston globe" he believed it was under control and felt no need to add another layer of naught what they called an already difficult

seed. and conservative organizations, tax scrutiny. president obama says this is intolerable and inexcusable and is promising to hold people accountable for their actions. >> reporter: the internal revenue service is facing a criminal investigation after a watchdog group found he targeted conservative groups starting in 2010. inappropriate criteria identified for review tea party and other organizations applying for tax exempt status based on names or policy indications instead of indications of political campaign intervention. president b.j.obama called it intolerable and inexcusable. >> people will be held accountable and it's got to be

fixed. >> reporter: they say they act and their own without influence from outside groups. the managers is ineffective in overseeing lower level irs employees who didn't have sufficient knowledge of the rules governing tax-exempt organizations and is not the co administration is facing. and eric holder's investigation. >> this administration has put a real value on the rule of law and our values as americans. i think the actions that we have taken are consistent with both. >> reporter: tuesday, reporters questioned holder at a medicare fraud event and peppered white house press secretary jay carney. >> the president is a strong defendinger of the first amendment and firm believer in the need for the press to be unfettered. >> reporter: republicans are seizing on these new controversies.

>> we do know this -- we can't count on the administration to be forthcoming about the details of this scandal, because so far they've been anything but. >> it lies at the president's feet. these are things going on within his administration targeting opponents. >> i've never seen anything quite like this except in the past during the nixon years. >> people who make those comparisons need to check their history. regarding the irs scandal, the house holds their first hearing friday. a new sex scant many issing roing the army. a sergeant in fort hood assigned to prevent sexual assault is himself accused of sexual assault and now prostitution allegations are swirling around this case. remarkable. cnn shannon travis is live in washington with the details. good morning, shannon. >> reporter: good morning, john. yeah. the latest on the probe that this soldier is under investigation and has been suspended from all duties. he is, as you mentioned, a

sergeant first class there at fort hood, texas. part of his job, apprecia preve sexual assault. the soldier not named or charged specifically. what military officials are investigatin investigating, pandering, abusive sexual contact and maltreatment of subordinates according to the army. administration officials tell cnn there is a distinct possibility this involved some sort of prostitution-related activity, but we want to be clear. investigators have not yet determined if that's the case, or even the scope of the potential criminal contact. john? >> so i have to admit, i woke up this morning and was confused. oh. a case of someone assigned to prevent sexual assault charged with sexual assault. i thought we just heard that. turns out we did just hear that. the second time in a short period of time we heard such a thing. what's going on and what is the d.o.d. doing to stop this? >> it's all too familiar, these

allegations. you remember. you're talking about the case of that air force officer arrested for allegedly grabbing a woman's buttocks and breasts in a parking lot in northern virginia. that actually, that incident, wasn't too far from the pentagon, and as you mentioned he also worked to prevent sexual assault in the military. he was in a court appearance last week and didn't enter a plea. as you question about what the military is doing, they're very concerned about these allegations, john. defense secretary chuck hagel directed all military branchs to retrain, recredential and rescreen all sexual assault prevention and response personnel and military recruiters according to a pentagon spokesman. take thatting these allegations very seriously and obviously want all's their members to know they'll be watching closely. >> seems to be a serious issue, shannon. one that does not go away. thanks very much, in washington. and attorneys for cleveland

kidnapping suspect ariel castro say their client is not the monster everyone claim hess is and now reporting how they'll plea. what are castros lawyers say, planning to do, pam? >> reporter: kel, zoraida, our affiliate here interviewed castro's attorneys, and his attorneys say that essentially they talked with castro in jail for three hours and they say he will plead not guilty if he faces kidnapping and rape charges with a grand jury indictment. his attorneys say they will meld the best defense possible. what we've been reporting along with several of our affiliates, that castro has confessed to at least some of his actions over the past ten years to authorities during interrogations. one of his attorneys says that castro has not confessed anything to him. so, again, his attorneys are saying that castro will plead not guilty, and that they are

looking to move the trial outside of cuyahoga county because of all the attention that this case garnered and also on the heel s of another high-profile case accused of murdering 11 people and keeping them in his home. what attorneys told our afit yi, wkyc. >> well, i think that the initial portrayal by the media has been one of a "monster" and that's not the impression that i got when i talk to him for three hours. >> she a human being, and what's offensive is that the media, and i don't mean it towards you, but the media in the community wants to demonize this man before they really know the whole story, and i think that it's unfair and it is just not equitable. >> reporter: and zap rioraida a

john, we just heard his attorneys, reiterate that castro told him he loves his daughter dearly, we know he fathered through dna tests. he loves his little girl and is committed to her and her future. >> well, she is adorable. what is not to love. pamela brown, live in cleveland for us. thank you. seven minutes after the hour. leila fowler's 12-year-old brother appears in a california courtroom to face charges in the stabbing death of his sister. the 8-year-old girl found dead in her northern california home last month. police just released the 911 call that summoned officers to the scene and it's interesting. the children's stepmother christa walters made the call and never mentioned in this call leila had been attacked. >> my children that are home alone had a man just run out of our house. my older son in the bathroom and my daughter started screaming, came out, there was a man inside of my house. the man is gone, though. they say they ran out.

>> okay. >> of course. how old are your kids? >> 12 and 9. >> the fowler family hired a defense team to represent their son. they visited the boy tuesday at a juvenile detention center. >> he's actually doing very well right now. as well as can be expected in these really difficult times. >> he'll be tried on second-degree murder charges. a big day for o.j. simpson, testifying in an attempt to get out of prison. the disgraced football star is trying to get his robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out. simpson never testified in his 1995 murder trial or the 2008 case that actually landed him in prison. his attorneys tell us what we can expect. >> we're telling him to take the stand, tell the truth. we'll walk him through each of the claims and, you know, then he'll take on cross and i'm sure he'll do fine. >> he's going to have to go through every issue on the stand, his attorney.

he'll be up on the stand all day, i'm sure. >> simpson claim s his old lawyr was ineffective and tells him he was within his rights to take back property he believed was stolen by him as long as it was done kout trespass or any physical force. and jodi arias, the sentencing phase of her trial. before jurors can consider imposing the death penalty they must answer a key question here. was arias cruel when she killed ex-boyfriend travis alexander. she sent her first tweet since being convicted, warning her followers to avoid getting scammed. what she wrote. any donations to my family or me are made only at jodi ariasis innocent dotcom. any other is fraudulent. thank you. >> thank you. >> bizarre. >> indeed. nine minutes after the hour. coming up, brat pitt speaking

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welcome back, everyone. this morning millioning of americans are waking up to a stunning revelation. inspiring others to discuss their health and discuss their fierce, demystifying what happens when a woman decides to go through with this surgery. for us here at cnn, it really is something that has hit very close to home. >> reporter: angelina jolie is receiving a lot of praise, a lot of support following her revelation ar having a preventative double mastectomy. her partner of eight years brad pitt is among the stars commending jolie for going public with her difficult choice. she could have stayed private about it and none would have been none the wiser with such good results, were ut it was really important to her to share the story and for others to understand that it doesn't have to be a scary thing but an empowering thing and something that makes you stronger and us

stronger. breast cancer survivor and singer sheryl crow tweeted her support i commend angelina jolie for her thoughtfulness regarding her mastectomy. so brave. and angelina's story prompted barbara walters to make her own news on the show. >> my sister passed away from ovarian cancer and i had my ovaries removed. it's a decision you have to make that's preventative. >> reporter: on "the talk," sharon osbourne offered these words who underwent a mastectomy last year. >> he is so brave and is going to help so many women, and i think it makes her sexier than ever. >> reporter: jolie is also receiving worlds of encouragement from tv host and reality star giuliana rancic. >> i just didn't want to be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life.

i knew that i want add child, and really what it came down to was just wanting to live. wanting to enjoy this incredible life and this incredible world and i just didn't want to leave, didn't want to go anywhere and i wanted to be health around do whatever it took to get me healthy. and, really, what this saul about, this angelina news, or my news, what it's all about is getting women to just start the dialogue with their doctor. >> for us, the most personal reaction to jolie's piece came from our own zoraida sambolin who simply said, angelina empowered me to share my story. on tussah rida shared that on april 9th she was diagnosed with breast cancer and would be undergoing a double mastectomy herself. the same rancic had in 2011. >> i know right now life is so crazy, your head is spinning and things are so tough, but i tr s promise you, you will get back to normal and come out of this

better than before. i promise you. >> i really appreciate that you got those words of support and encouragement for me. >> they're easy to find. i think there are a lot of people around here is a are the positiving you. >> interesting, yesterday we were talking about this. i got back diagnosed three weeks ago. it was five weeksation. your life is kind of crazy, as jew giuliana said. all i thought, going to bed and getting up and what was going to be my decision. all i thought about. i got a lot of e-mails from a lot of women and some men as well. that the women's in particular, the one whose have contacted me and said that this inspired you to go and get that mammogram that you have put off no longer do it, and i want you to call me or to text me or to e-mail me with the results, because that made me a little nervous. one of the things i will say i've done from the very beginning, very vigilant about my mammograms. i have not missed an appointment

because i have an ongoing issue. if that is what you get out of this story, do it for that. do it for yourself, for your family, for the men who love you who contact immediate about it. please, go out and do it. take care of you. that's it. >> russian officials calling the arrest of a u.s. diplomat in russia -- saying christopher ryan fogel tried to recruit a russian intelligence officer and was caught red handed with spy gear including wig, recording devices and what appeared to be a stack of euros. so far no comment from the u.s. embassy. the state department will only say that an officer at the embassy in moscow was briefly detained and then released. new developments this morning in a cold case involving a missing cruise ship passenger from connecticut. george smith of greenwich was on his honeymoon in 2005 when he just disappeared from the royal ka ririan ship somewhere between greece and turkey. his body never found and no one charged in his death.

no official word why the phifbi reopened the case. three people at a senior citizens complex arrested on drug and prostitution charges. yeah. that's what i said. a 75-year-old man, listen up, and a 66-year-old woman were busted in northern new jersey for possession of drug paraphernalia and allegedly using cocaine on the premises. their picpictures. mug shots. the man admitted to providing prostitutes to some of his younger neighbors. a 55-year-old arrested with possessing a crack pipe. suspended from her job as a school crossing job. i can't make this up. an incredible story. >> you hear it every day. >> no, you don't. a new recession. the countries that slipped back into major financial trouble and the impact it could have on the united states. that's coming up next.

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bangladesh and make the findings public and companies must stop working with factories that don't make safety upgrades. american retailers are balking. walmartological do i ologicawil. hire its own inspector to scrutinize the factories it uses in bangladesh making those public by june 1st. walmart says it's better than the european plan, meets and exceeds the plan and will get more results quickly. this falls short, the retailer lost control of the supply chain is footing the inspector's bill. 129 workers died last fall in a factory making clothes for walmart shoppers in a fire walmart didn't eve known bawas making its products. gap doesn't want the pact to be legally binding. others are reluctant to protect themselves from international courts. a california congressman has been very outspoken on this

issue. >> these big brands that are resisting the gap and others, they have to decide, do they want to continue to have blood on their label? should the low price of their garments be subsidized by the blood of these poor workers in bangladesh and elsewhere around the world? >> reporter: what you are watching here is a lot of post-crisis process from some of america's biggest household names. these companies, you know, they're basically admitting they've lost control of their supply chain. haven't you lost control of your supply chain when you don't even know that a factory is making clothes for you and there's a big fire and workers are killed? and now companies want to be in krog of the inspection process, american retailers, are concerned about international corpses and their own liability, but the point here is that they have chasing cheap labor markets have lost control of their supply chain and now are asking, you know, for more control of monitoring these factories, and it's something that, for people

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an accused killer called the female james bond. did she murder model juliana redding? a court decides that today. >> shocking newly released 911 calls released of the murder of 9-year-old leila fowler, her brother heads to court today. and against all odds. a young woman survives for 17 days in the ruins of a collapsed

building in bangladesh. she speaks exclusively to cnn. >> amazing. >> it is. welcome back to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin at 20 past the hour. the trial of an accused killer being call add female james bond begins today. california prosecutors say model and actress juliana redding was a victim of a murder for hire scheme in 2008. stephanie elam has a look at the case. >> reporter: more than five years after aspiring actress and model juliana redding was found strangled and beaten to death in her santa monica apartment, her accused killer will finally stand before a jury. >> the first case i've heard of where a woman is accused of especially being a hired glean to go beat somebody up. >> reporter: redding was 20 years old pursuing her dreams of stardom. some success appearing in an independent film, and photo spread in "maxim" magazine. her dreamed cut short,

prosecutors say, by this woman. 47-year-old kelly soo park. asserting park was hired by a physician to kill redding after her father, a pharmacist, pulled out of a business deal with him just five days before she was killed. court documents also allege that the doctor made payments to park totals more than $250,000 just weeks before redding was killed. however, the doctor who left the country shortly after park's arrest has never been charged in this case. park remains free on a $3.5 million bond. her lawyers say she's innocent, and that the prosecution should be looking at john gilmore, a former boyfriend of redding's. but prosecutors believe they have a strong case against park, especially since her dna was found not only in the victim's apartment but also on her body. >> if the jury believes that the ex-boyfriend was responsible for this killing, there still remain as question, how do we explain ms. park's dna being at the crime scene.

>> reporter: the trial is expected to last about three months. unlike other murder scenes seen recently like jodi arias or casey anthony, only portions of this trial will be televised. >> our thanks to stephanie elam. a stunning 911 call released in the leila fowler case as her 12-year-old brother heads to court today accused of stabbing her to death. the 8-year-old girl found dead in her california home last month. sheer the 911 call her stepmother crystal walters made. >> my children are home alone and a man just ran out of our home. my older son in the bathroom and my daughter started screaming. a man running out of my house. >> the man is gone, though? >> they ran out. >> of course. how old are your kids? >> 12 and 9. >> can you tell what's missing from that call? she never mentions that leila was hurt. the fowler family hired a defense team to represent their son and they say he will be

tried as a juvenile on second-degree murder charges. a big day in court for o.j. simpson. he will testify today in an attempt to get out of prison. the disgraced football star is trying to get his robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out. simpson claims his old lawyer, ga lanlanter was ineffective an was within his right to take back property stolen from him. simpson did not testify in this 1995 murder trial or the 2008 case that landed him in prison. 33 minutes past the hour. angelina jolie revealaled yesterday she removed both of her breasts had a double mat detect mastectomy. her candor inspired me greatly. five weeks since i was diagnosed with breast cancer and i've decided also to have a double mastectomy. now we want to focus on the empowerment here. talk to your doctor. talk to each other. it could save your life.

maybe even your friend's life. we brought together four women who became empowered patients -- an understatement -- and hoping they will be a source of inspiration to you. for those struggling with a cancer diagnosis. >> all right. so angelina jolie comes out with this amazing op-ed piece that she has had a preventative double mastectomy. i just want you all to chime in on how you took that news when you found out. >> well, i found out pretty early as i was getting the kids ready for school and i kind of heard it on the tv, and i said, well, we don't share the gene for legs. we don't share the genes for getting skinny right after you have many pregnancies, but we do share one gene and it's this one. >> making the decision to have the double mast secretarymy was a no brainer. the easiest decision. for me, what type of reconstruction i was going have,

was a much harder decision. >> yeah. i felt shallow, because it was a hard decision for me. >> i think you were in a different time, a little bit. >> a little bit. i was 27, and the word mastectomy wasn't in the culture. >> by nature as journalists we tend to it be control freaks. we like to control everything and know when it's going to happen, how it's going to happen, plan it, all that. that's been a big struggle for me. losing control. the only thing that i can control is, i decided to have a double mastectomy and so that, to me, was complicated. how did you all feel about that, about that lack of control? >> well, i felt that i did have control, and like angelina jolie i could take care of this now, instead of sitting around waiting for cancer, which is how i felt. i felt like a ticking time bomb and i didn't want to sit around and wait for cancer. now i'm a pre-vivor and don't have to sit around and be a

survivor. my mother didn't have that choice. a crazy, strong cancer that was going to kill her and we never knew she was going to die, because she was so strong. she never got sick in front of us. when she did pass away, we were like, what do you mean our mother's not here? so that wasn't happening to my kids. my kids were always going have a mother here. always. >> i want to deal with this brca gene. this test is really expensive. it's $3,000. >> it subpoena we weis. we were talking about it. i thought it was more. >> our insurance covered it? >> because of a strong history of it? >> yes. in a special surveillance program at sloan-kettering. >> i found out with a genetic test and wasn't testing for the brca gene, even though my sister had breast cancer she was negative. by the time the results came back i had already forgotten about it and i was just shocked that my sister had breast cancer and i had the gene. >> so to me the decision was not simple. i mean, it was in the sense that

my first -- when i got diagnoseed by my first team of doctors, talking mastectomy. i walked out of there, cut them out. can we do it tomorrow. then a second opinion and started thinking differently. i thought about my kids right away and the fear of not being there in the future. that's powerful. right? >> touched me. wi angelina jolie. the kids. >> from that standpoint it is a no-brainer. >> this is what's so sad. women have to think we're vain. so many women say, i feel so vain. i lost my hair. i'm like, you're not vain. that is a horrible thing to lose your hair. >> that, to me was -- i was embarrassed by -- >> don't be. it's a terrible decision to have to make. >> so it makes you start thinking about your sexuality, when i thought more about than i ever have before in my life. >> yes. >> and how this will affect that. >> you'll get through all of the dreams and yuckiness and

surgery, and then that will be part of your past, and you won't think about that again. i moved on and you don't look back. >> but you're different now. >> with clothes on, with a bathing suit on, nobody knows. >> what helped me was, i still buy really pretty bras. i can buy bras i couldn't before. go to victoria's secret and i feel really pretty in them. >> you're not less feminine before than after. >> a lot of it is up here. >> it is normal to be overwhelmed by the mortality of it, and what you did makes me think that you know how to take care of yourself, and you've already probably saved a life, as a result of your experience. >> a great, powerful support of women. i love them. one of the big concerns we talked about is the cost of this particular struggle. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us. of those four women, three tested positive for the brca gene. two had the blood test.

one of them had a spit test she said costs $99, that other test is sometimes $3,000, sometimes $4,000. a., i want to know, what can you do if your insurance company doesn't cover that expensive test and then i want to talk about this other test they mentioned. >> okay. so if your insurance company doesn't cover this test, genetic test, or say you're uninsured, what you can do, go to myriad, the company that makes the breast cancer genetic test, and you can ask them for financial help. here's the deal. myriad is the only company that makes this breast cancer gene test, and so they have a monopoly. so they have vowed to help women who can't afford to do it themselves. so keep them honest, to borrow a phrase from a friend, and make them live up to their commitment. say, look. this is a test which can cost up to $4,000. i need your help. help me pay for this. go ahead, john. >> go ahead, elizabeth. >> i was going to say, the women in the piece were saying, when

you mentioned $3,000, oh, i thought it was more. they're right. it can cost as much as $4,000 to get what doctors, what many doctors consider is the best test for most women. >> one of the women zoraida talked to, mentioned a spit test for $99. i hadn't heard about that before. is that effective? reliable? >> i've talked to doctors about this. they're like, look, there is really only one test that we can use when we're treating people, and that is the blood test that myriad makes. i've heard about this spit test. make you take it and it leads you to do the blood test, but if you want the real thing, if you really want to know if you carry the gene, you need the blood test. doctors cannot start making decisions and treating you based on the spit test. very complicated. you need to know which mutation you have. the only way to do that, by doing the blood test. the only way to really find out. i wish i could say, yes. i'm all for saving money. let me tell you.

i'd love to say go do the $99 one. unfortunately, doctors say you just can't say that. >> elizabeth cohen, appreciate you so much and know we'll continue leaning on you as we continue telling more stories. thank you. >> thank you. and to learn more about the type of genetic testing angelina jolie had and whether it is right for you visit cnn.com/empoweredpatient. and coming up here, a cnn exclusive. the woman buried under rubble for 17 days. >> look at her. >> after the devastating building collapse. look at her now. hear her amazing story, when we come back. we used to live with a bear.

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welcome back, everyone. your top stories now. president obama calling the selected targeting of conservative by the irs intolerable and inexcusable. meanwhile, the justice department has initiated a criminal investigation of the irs. the inspector general's report reflects ineffective behavior. an army sergeant accused of sexual assault. cnn learned this latest scandal apparently involved prostitution. the unnamed soldier is under investigation for pandering, abuse of sexual contacts, assaults and maltreatment of subordinates. he's been suspended from all duties. attorneys for cleveland kidnapping suspects ariel castro telling our affiliate their client is not the monster portrayed by the media and they plan to plead not guilty if indicted. they may also ask for a change of venue in this case, castro's

lawyering also saying he loves the daughter he fathered with amanda berry dearly and is committed to her future. and firing back at critics questioning his leadership during the marathon bombing attacks. 13 of 14 deputy fire chiefs signed a letter of no confidence claiming that he was more of a spectator than a commander at the height of the terror attack. but the chief telling the boston globe, he believed that situation was under control, and he felt there was no need to add another layer of management to an already complicated scene. 46 minutes after the hour right now, and the women who against all odds survived for 17 days in the ruin of a collapsed garment factory is speaking exclusively to cnn. >> rushma is recovering after her near-death experience and talking about the ordeal for the very first time with cnn leone la caany. >> reporter: pulled out of the rubble after 17 harrowing days,

rushma's rescue was hail add miracle. we meet her at a military hospital where she's recovering. no broken bones or serious injuries, but she's still weak. we're asked not to rattle or move her. from her hospital bed she described her unimaginable ordeal. >> translator: i keep sleeping off and on. i couldn't see anything. it was so dark. >> reporter: cracks in the building had already been detected but i asked if she'd been warned not to go to work. >> translator: no. no one told me. everyone was looking to see which parts were cracked. so i went in and i see there's a wall where a little bit is cracked. the manager said, this is just water damage, and you guys can work. >> reporter: day after day as the rescue efforts carried on above her she lay in pitch dark scarf ascavengen for food and

water. >> translator: i was thirsty, so i drank. >> reporter: she had no idea how long she'd been inside. i asked if she heard the people outside during rescue efforts. she heard and saw nothing until the 17th day when it all changed. >> translator: suddenly i heard the call to prayer. then i heard sounds. i heard the sounds of voices and wondered where is the sound coming from? where is the sound coming from? i was really, really happy and i said, god, save me, god. >> reporter: images of her rescue were seen the world over. rescuers had thrown in a flashlight allowing her to have a fresh set of clothes to change into. >> the day i got out all my clothes had torn off me. i didn't have many clothes on. i thought how am i going to come out in front of all of those people. >> reporter: she tells me she's unsure about her future but not

going back to the garment business. >> everybody, please, pray for me. >> reporter: with the world's eyes upon her, many already are. for cnn, bangladesh. >> what a great story. great see her doing well. >> yeah, having water and talking and, like -- it's nothing short of a irk mooal. >> 17 days in the rubble. 49 minutes after the hour right now and f bomb, bad for charity. red sox david ar tees, his famous phrase to help boston marathon victims, we will have the wicked, awesome blanking details coming up next in our report. >> were they using the word? [ goodall ] i think the most amazing thing is how like us these chimpanzees are. [ laughing ] [ woman ] can you hear me? and you hear your voice? oh, it's exciting! [ man ] touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hi. [ baby fussing ]

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